Interview · moment 24 of 32
Motivation, Money, and Supporting Family
from #179 - Sal Vulcano | The Tim Dillon Show · #179
5 min
Guest
Sal talks about staying hungry despite financial security, wanting to support his extended family, and the daily gratitude he feels for his unlikely career success.
- Tim mentions having a story he can't tell online because it would negatively affect people.
- He took Ben to see The Ferryman and describes one of the actors as looking like a young Brad Pitt.
- The actors in The Ferryman are great but mostly unknown, doing it because they love it rather than for fame.
- Tim says he wakes up every day grateful and can't believe his life happened, unable to miss a day feeling that way.
- He didn't come from money but now gets to support his entire family, which is something he thinks about constantly.
- Tim didn't make money early even with the show, and now at a good place financially, he's saving because he knows the level might not last after his nine-year tenure ends.
- His main reason for wanting to make money was to let his family know they don't have to worry, showing them success was possible.
- You have to love the art otherwise it won't work; success doesn't come easy in this life.
- Tim works all day and night, away two to four weekends a month, sometimes not home for weeks or at 3 a.m. for a week straight.
- Once his girlfriend saw this wasn't him partying or choosing not to be there but putting effort into something he loves, she got on his team and now supports him fully.